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[MERSIDE JOURNAL, THUR

DAY, MARCH

5, 1868.

They entered tho study t

and diight Sle was very 7

ther, fatl force in the people of the two countries, quite |
vo iiducd | sufficient to overrule the passiun and the!

criuw the expedition:

y Tioly
Father rejected this

‘The

proposition,

and tntat. yin cither that on seek to embroil: Pone re ‘non powsunus,’ bat must not
: I t
 Evely id he, you noté ) Urea in wi be jt to auswer.”
fo Stanhope? Remember, his father saved ~- oon m | ht Patria, of 8, sper @ under re-
nay Life.” surve, sthatit has reason to believe

The young girt felt sha must say some-| NEWS 8UM MARY.

thi We her lipsmoved, bat no sound came) pyres world appears in a depressed and.
forth, |
She looked hopelessly up, and be

he'd | apparently at least, in some respects al-
the ardent, loving gaze of George Merton) Most agitated condition, Famine prevails
fixed on her, He opened his arnjs, and] in more than one land and place, Trade
With 2 cry she rushed into them, nnd het) ig some respects has had to wrap its sub-
he On Ae Ureaee 116 tiey lime mantle arouad his world-wide houor-
‘Thee Stanho} father came from be- | el shoulders, and retire into the shade of
udold Mr, Agnew from) inactivity; while in other directions, in

hind one curtain,
behind areas ash never were such) the Old World and in the New, the signs
SYOULINGS explanations, $ hel : :

Laub daalta Hee ant yes ostid Vn My teaveoye As to the! Oninously point to the fact that war may
pure, tae plot Wusali bis own coutriving, . ‘
nnd he was very proud of his suecess, aud | break out when, where, and by means the
ot his cong over his willul daughter; | least expeeted. Yet the nations of the
nad sna lors delighted tobave’ earth ave professing that they are desirons
a hot maintaining peage, Atnotime though,

‘said his father, ** you! ene ;
ol me to tell vou all thia| We tink, has the world furnished a greater

ry}

a

Ce
vlyn,
Very pearly obi

Hs

motuing. “Leould not boar to seo your! aumber of truly enlightened men than are

distress. Remember, my love, { keep my
pai eerie ae hob mary Stanhope! sod who, in thelr respective places, are
gainst your Wish : : : 1
And Evel ‘Guay autd: youn Gor- doing what ia them lie to promote and
don, Edo not thidk Lt sal justify nurse’s| cultivate peace and good willamong men
character i me, 43 Lam no longer @ poor) In this fact may we vot recognize the har-
He Boos I. jbinger of those better days when wars
“not TANEA AY A Tar | shall cease, and peace with all its untold
PRE ALABAMA CLAIM, (Oe
jin jand unnumbered blessings shall pervade
(Prom the Montreal Gazetie ) tthe whole world?
a 7 . | In England some of the ablest minds are
Pie subjoined calm and well considered) teeing special attention to the subject of
article from the New York Times represents, | as ee i
we have reason to believe, from an attentive; edueation, and the probability is that from
perusal of the recent utterances of the Am-| the interest now awakened and evinced, «
ertcun press, the general feeling of the wealth) jogsnre will be devised and adopted from
and intelligence of the gountry with respect ete . A
tothe ‘Alabama clains. It may be, as in which incaleulable benefits will ensue,
dicated by the Zimes, that the electioneering In Great Britain and the United States
many intieatial men aro laying aside the

necessities of the two great parties who are
glasses of prejudice, and are looking at the

now to be found in all civilized countries,

now contending for power will yet force them
to depart from their present quasi-neutral
position on the question and maky a desperate
hid ft ra i at (pu.
bid for the Trish vote. In that event “ru-) yoint of trath and honor; and when such
mors of War’ will certainly Le in the ascen-), '
dant. But even if these Were to go very far, | is the case wa may reasonably conclude
several months would have to elupse ere the! that these two great and liberty loving na-
victorious party would be able tu ¢ urry its | tions will arrive at a solution of the difi-!
sledge into operation, and by that time its| ; |
ivaders would probably think over the matter | culty without an appeal to arms,——In!
and act onthe old prove la nuit porie the ILoase of Commons on the 17th the}
conse, Tf the South would willingly ac-| Cnjog s ‘tsvy for Ireland informed the)
quiesce in and accept her present status, there | lint the Gover ; ,
might be reason for alarm at the future before Men nyS t iy bye : movernment Ne) Doe
this continent, but under the circumstances, | paving an Irish Reform Bill. -—The regu- |
uad so long as she doggedly refuses to joi) jay weekly returns of the Bank of England
inthe Union and stubbornly determines to) ieovsiea du ballon in tl UeAe
inuy to ba the Poland of the ruling sec | oy a decrease in bullion in the voults of
tion, it would evidently be madness to | £415,000. sterling. Allen, the Fenian
*) it re: v it tr 1 ‘ ' . i
SOIRBE G War with a great power Great who was discharged alter being examined
Britain, and so give the C sy in op | ‘ i 1
portunity, Pheonis tontive frum ite uals. (08 the charge of causing the Clerkenwell |
Our contemporary stites:— It is somewhat | explosion, has been again arrested on the
inortitying to contrast the ton nd teniper in| charge of murder, Arrests are still being
OUR sUHsrenten with englanitate ee | made of persons supposed to be Fenians, |
edin the English newspapers and in the | bon SIDR Me |
American Congress. Lord iWobart and Me. | A man named Murphy. who recently ar-
Vermon Hareourt, in communi ations which | rived at Cork from the United Staules was
wevopy fromthe London ines, treat the! ad Tha Alien ve tte ee
ion of the Alabama elnius manner | ttrested on the cause of gomplicily with
vulitting to its dignity and importane nm movements, The wudicnee ot |
bring to its discussivn an amount of learning | Gooree Francis Train's lecture in Dublia|
and of critical acumen which cannot f il tot on tho Oud was very bolateroua; sume
justruct tie judgmes i jonate | OE NST BOUCELU NRT BOINe
yeaders on both In| persons present who hissed the phones
> , subic r eturne ap) .
Congress the subj: et seen to be turned over | were roughly used; a strong force of Po-
to Mr. W. EE. Robingoa, who treats it—nc-},. | :
cording to his own capacity and taste. And | live was on hand and prevented any seri-
we do uk we hire any reason to be proud | ous personal violence or disloyal demon-
of the manner in which he does it.
ernment haz demanded of Great Bri
gient of damages caused by the rebel pr
Alabama during the civil The demand |

rests partly, on the ation that she was! tention, and to-day rendered their verdict.
dicted out, armed and manned ina Bridsh ie

port, by coanivance or neglect of tho Mritish They bring a charge of murder ag inst the
Government, and in violation of the obliga- | prisoners Burrel, English, O'Reete, Ma-
4 ’ Se tied qaheasey bef ?.
tlons ae Britain to the friendly Gevern- | joney and two Desmonds, the woman Ann
snent of the United States; and partly on the! +

ground that by her premature, unjust and un beeate , and others whose names have not
friendly recoguition of the South us a bellig- | yet been made known. A doubt has been

- td * ' eit
erent, and ot the rebellion asa warin the | expressec s to the complicity of Allen

eluded a protracted investigation of the

explosion of the Clerkenwell House of de-

legal and technical sense of the term, Great ~ ‘
Tivitaia veally wave tlio South Gxiatoiue unde t who was vecently disc harged but hag been
flag on the b Great Britain consents | te-arrested. The-verdict concluded by Le

to submit the 30 fav as it rests onthe yerely consuring the Metropolitan Pelic

first ground, to arbitration,—Lut refuses to). i
allow the rightfalness of lisy recognition of 1) Me © lorkenwall District fur lnc i of ac

the South to be thus drawn inquestion, And! tivity aud yigilance.——Mr. Sullivan, of
the ** Dubliu Nation,” recently convicted

Mr, [arcourt, in the letter signed ¢ fiistoricus
shows, v is undoubtedly the fact, that the); ae Hlicht varltet ;
latter aspect of tho fs the only one whieh ln Hie city of publishing seditious libels,
we deem of real importance. ‘Pie eepayment) has been sentenced to six months im-
of the specific daniazes caused by the Adadamna | prisonment. My. Pigot, of the Dublin
aud vessels of her class during the war, is : ; ;

Caring: the war, 18 8 6. Trishman,” convicted on a like charge,

labama claims from the common stand-| have

| groes who «re starvi

jtion with it——It is sald that scarcely

1 ri
| that tie

Emperor of Russia is) massing
| troops near tae Dan La France
its issue of the 26th t sseris that Che-
valier De Nigra, the Italian Minister to
Paris has pledged Italy to the faithful ob-
servance of the September convention xs
lit now stands. —Lhe bill for the regula-
tion of the Newspaper Press is still under
discussion in the Corps Legislatifty The

tion of summaries of the Corps debates
was rejected by a yote of
The Upper House of the Prassi:
have passed the convention made v
deposed Powers whose territories have
been annexed to Prussia,
gages ta,suspend all payments of money
to the Princes and to contiscate their pro-
| perty in case of disloyalty,
| In the Hast some imagine that Russia fs

Indians” are anxious to make a safer and

better use of Afwhanistun than has yet

j} buen made, and thereby raise a surer bar-

ier against the Northern bear, in the only

jroad upon which he can menacingly ap-

| proach the rich and fertile plains of India,
UNITE!) STATES.

The wews from the States ig rather of a
startling nature, if the telegraphic news
jean be relied on, ‘There are so many sen-
sational telegrams flying about now-a-days
that one hardly knows what to believe.
Great excitement prevails in_ consequence
of the President removing Stanton from
the war office; but greater still is that
caused by the impeachimeut of the Presi-
dent. The Impeachment Bill passed the
ITouse of Representatives on the evening
of the 24th ult., by a vote of 126 to 46. It
was astrict party voto, The Congress
it isrumored, yoted $50,000 for
the American Fenians in treland, This
is no doubt done to secure the Penian vote
at the next presidential election. his
yery act on the part of the Americans is
enough to disgust every British subject
with that country. Who woald think of
aunexation to the United States now?
As one result. of the impeachment gold ha:
runup to 14d. Te would suit the Ameri
cans t great deal better if they were to
apprepriate $50,000 to fecd the poor ne-
g ont Seuth, than
laws and yagabonds,
——A new party is talked of ia the States,
whose platform is hostility to Grant; the
nutae of Gen, Dix is mentioned find kon ace-

voting ittousetof

within the memory of the oldest inhabitant
haya the times been so hard or business so
dull as they are now in Boston and New
York, It has been found neeessary in
those cities to open soup shops. All over
New England factories and other industri-
al centres ars closed and silent. Business
men look gloomy, as will the want of
money inake any one. ‘The destitution is
in part attributed to the heavy taxes and
duties which have shut ap the manu
tories and workshops. Amonzy other re
sons for the destitution now existing, the
Zion's Herald, a Boston pr ton
‘The wood old furms ave abandoned by
the highly cdueaied children of the farmer
irls and boys quit the old folks and ily to
the city in the hopes of finding an Eldovra-
do. The old folks die off, and the farm is
sold to Pat Murphy or Hans iderean-
derandersplit, or allowed to run tallow.
The city, the city, only go tothe city. Be
a conductor on & horse ear, sell ribben,
get a vagabond agency, delalvate, leat,
borrow, steal, do anything save hard
honest toil!”

NEW DOMINION.
In the New Dominion, matters wear al
peculiar aspect. In Ontario the Local
lature is charged with moving so fast
titis thought the Government should
issolve the House immediately. In Que:
bee the Legislature is said to be moving
too slow—that they are absolutely doing

nothing. Nova Scotia the country and)
~ :

the Le Trascem intent upon # repeal

of the xet of Unfon, in so far as it applies

to that Province. ‘The House of Assembly
bas had before them a series of resolu-
tions, in which they emphatically declare |

matter of comparatively simall consequei | i i
‘fhe whole sum would not pay the cost of a) Was sentenced to twelve months imprison-

tingle week's operations ia the war by which ment.—Loth prisoners will be required at
some of our | the expirati {their terms of conti
Bifseotie! g | the expiration o their terms of continement |
made for d to furnish security for fature good beha-|
merce in conseque viour,——The Jritish Governinent seem!
tie war, the balan
expense of maint
tor a single month.

ae

se done to I
co of our
ald sc

|

Ags
the prosecution of this el
gover the cost of an ¢
reaily but littl: to do with the c:

rinchul operation |

been presented to tl nuent, Cong
Oar real complaint 5 is Yor her |
premature recognition of the South as a bel-! py aie nan Vee tauotalin aia
digeroue power: OUNeonll reqdnd (ean live Texpe dition are very favorable. ‘Tho caps
ing been hasty, unfriendly and, in effect if not) tives were alive and well up to the Ist of
intent, hostile to our Goverument. Bat for) January. It is reported that alarming re-|
that, the South could have had no nary, no i
flag. Ho power to inflict damage upon our) ‘ v PL ae x j
commerce, and very little of the ability sho| ers in Tadia, Sir Stafford Northcote, |
showed to carry on war with vigor and effect | Secretary of State for India,
upon the land. We hold England, therefore, | Hien Heat, 7 ‘ eae
largely respoi ¢ forthe duration, magni- 4 test lettuia regowed trom Gan) Nain
tude and ensrmoug cost of the war by which}
the rebellion was suppressed. But that was! sinia would be ended this season,
scarcely 2 wrong to be redressed by ysl A tr . Hat

4 nu ° i | remendo: ule Was & are
suent of a special class of damages which the | , on nous - ate My yeah Meng on}
war inflicted, If this complaint is just,—if it the West coast of England and Wales on
avag the premature rece ion of tho Southithe 2ith ult. The great Breakwater at
ag a belligerent, which mate the war so great) rrolyhoad’, am
and se costly, then Ingland owes to ua pay-{ . ,
nient for much more than the damage cuused | long, has been
“by the Alalama, Itisan injury not to be) and the li
nievsured, and certainly not to bo redressed, |
ly the payment of money. When Vrauce ih
during our Revolution lent us her aid, Eng- | The ‘Independent Belge” of Satur-
land ee ean La ground a day has an article on the prospects of peace
pyar. anal were to resen ie action of); Dnt :
bak i" {in Europe. It expresses + general leel-
Zingland at the outset of our rebellion as a). } poe te the Bt ne i fee
hostile act,—as an act of intervention in aid) ing of appreher hich prevails in say-
of the rebels,—war is the only formof resent-|ing that the vast military preparations
ing it, suitable to the character and adequate | \ hich are now going on in 7
to the magnitude of the wrong inflicted. Wel. ne { § ie ! aH parte of
do not believe that any great results will flow | France are of a character and on a scale
from our diplomacy on this subject. And we} which leads to the conviction that they arc

have not the slightest suspicion that our) designed to answer other purposes than
eople intend to be Leirayed into war with} ; ney
national defence,.——A British

1
England and France combined; and for such | MOS? of
a war, or for any war with any great power, | Man-of-War has gone to the Bay of Sa-
our people have not the faintest shadow of! mana to watch the proceedings of the
desire. Tho Fenians among us, having little!) . ‘ es ’ ;
to lose and a great deal of resentment to| United States Government in that quarter,
gratify, would gladly plunge the country into | The relations between Rome and lrance
war MAM OEE dH lh walt or without cause; and! are said not to be so friendly as formerly,
us we are on the ev idential election | ‘ ‘ ; "
we shall have a front ntny people pe all| Hie Ne oN vention Bery 1 ene aed
parties flattering their’ passions and courting | i 13 hinted, offensive to the Ruler of the
ae dpe ia AB uot faceel on our- | ‘Luile s In these directions duubt seems
cives that there is more or less 0} ge Way
thi sittiattoits “Action oF the ie ot sheet to beget its like, and, as a consequence
may be coerced by party zeal, and for purty | mistrust is appearing upon the surface,
onus, wlll val Aildisda oA relitions.| An article quot@d by the ‘European
Buatthe settled jucgment and common sense of | py . eerie
our people is utterly ayorse to war with in Times | says that general cry of division
land, for the redress of any wrongs we baye!@tived in Rome from Paris, from the
sustuined at her hands during our civil con-| Ministry of Foreign affairs, commanyded
flict. Such a war would he fruitless of goud, | ty demand °th at tl oR dues Thay
and fruitful only of the most disastrous and, uat the Romans should have
fatal calacuities.

British

ied away by the waves, |
|

skits havo disappeared, No dis-|
asters te shippiug haye yet been reported, |

We have had war enoygh| * representative Government composed of

for at oll one generation, fob bat the) gne Chamber, which should namo the

wiost imperative necessity impelled us into! xyjnjstey ny roan

that,—and no urgency less imperative will be | rasta aus HUM Migection “ all a

allowel {o iuspel us into another. We cer- | fairs not strictly ecclesiastical, ‘The Cabi-

fuiuly believe there is good xense aml moral net of tho Tuileries threatened to will: |
. Adib’ '

jstitutional, and maintain that it is not, or

us be tuined to wipe out every yestige of tion on its eX!
Penianism, and they will soon succeed, or anpopulit
in would scareely | the lectures of Geo. Francis ‘Train and the | taken (i iti
: A me rue ‘ | erounds

ants of $50,000 from Tuited States, 8 * Panes | Hat ah
Wid ; the Y ited mites | somo sortof audience in Engiand, But) ind fine in her Tine

5 ee far vithst tet |
ab s to the contrary notwithstanding. | ty tell the powers petitional that they do
The latest accounts from the Abyssinian | uot understar

j volts have broken out among the prison.) :
‘ re)
Ud that the ©

uve reason to hope that the war in Abyss [oe te

that the act of Union was, and is, uncon-}

eaunot be regarded as constitutionally
binding upon that Province. ‘he Mon |
treal Gazefle, in commenting upon these
resolutions, says that it the Legislature

Famendments tor allowing the tree publica: |

The King en

| business transacted between that plice
and Summerside, and it would be much to
| our loss if anything interfered to interrupt
jthat trade Robinsen route -
beon aceepted for the railroad, We hope |
the dridve between us and our neighbors |
| will soon be drifted away,

—— The

Ly
Latest from Europe,

An English Mail was reeciyed here on
| Monday last, the 2nd inst.  Uurepean
dates are to the 15th ult. Below we give
an epitome of the most interesting news i—
An important meeting was held in
‘dinburgh on the Brd, the Lord Provost
presiding. — Resolutions wore passed to
lthe effect that Scotland was very much
}under-represented,—that looking to her
population and contributions to the public
{revenue sheis fairly entitled to at least

PEST AMDS FeV RN ane Aves po tifteen additional members. A petition to
North-west bound: ind several ** anglo-

} Parliament and a memorial to the Goy-
ernment, founded on these resolutions,
were adopted by the necting,

Liverpool has lost one of her oldest and
most philanthropic citizens in the person
ot Mr. William Rathbone, who died at his
residence, Greenbank, last Saturday morn:
ing, in the presence of all the members of
hiis fumiiy, The funeral took place at
Snithdown-lane Cemetery, on Wednes-
day, and, although in accordance with the
expressed wishes of the deceased that the
ceremony should be of the most private
character, nevertheless a large number
attended to pay their last tribute of re-
spect to one Who was so universally es-
teemed by men of all classes, creeds, and
partis, The funeral sermon was impres-
sively performed by the Rey, Chirles
Beard, minister of Renshaw-street Chapel,
ot which congr ion the dé sed Was
one of the oldest members, and, amidst a
profound fceling of regret on all sides, the

Rathbone.
The Protestant Defence Association held

Sth. ‘Lhe mecting is deseribec
lod and influential one. The rl ot
Bandon presided, and addresses were de-
Hyered by the Marquis of Downshire, Lords
Enniskill.n, Uuntingdom, Erne and Bee-
tive, Sir B. Guinness, and others. Reso-
i lutions were passed in support of the Trish
Chureh establishment and expressing at-
tachment to the Queen,

Parliament r sembled on the 13th
after the Christmas recess. There was a
large attendance of prers in the Upper
House, butthe sitting only lasted a quarter
of an hour, the only business being a
notice given by the Marquis of Clanr le
of his intention to reintroduce his bill on
the tenure of land in Ireland. In the
House of Commons writs were issued for
Cambridge University, Stoke-upou-Trent,
and Helston, number of notices
of motion, the cellor of the Exchequer
announced the Seotch Reform Bill for the
17th, and that the introduction of that lor

Trefand would depend on the general pro-
gress of business, Ar, D then

moved for
the law relating to election petitions,
to provide for the more effect al prey
tion of corrupt practices at elections.
Sir David Brewster, died on the 10th
inst, at his residence, Allerley-house,
near Melrose, at the advanced age of 86.
Br ly lite he devoted himself to in-
ations in the regions of experimental
+,and contributed largely to the re-

veto bring fo a Dill to nmend
ind
en-

cord of physical discoveries dutiag a
period of si ears, He had earned the

spect of hifs'« ountry, from which he ob-
tained well-merited honor, as well as the
recognition of seientitic bodies all: over

Burope and beyond the Athintic, Sir
David had been Principal of Edinburgh

University since 1859.

The Trish address of loyalty to the Queen,
which was got up mainly through the in-
fluence of Mr, Digby Seymour, was pre-
sented to Mr. Hardy, the Home Secretary,
on the 11th inst, ‘he address had ob-
tained 22,603 signatures, and was pre-
sented by a deputation of about 50 person
who were introduced by Ar. Digby Se
mour, It will be laid before her Ma-
Jesty.

An addition of some importance has
been made to the ironelads of the British
navy. The Ilereules was floated out of
dock at Chatham on the 10th inst. She
will be the most heavily armed ship yet

“had placed their hostility to Confedera-
i inconvenience, |
ty; if, ing word, they had]
al einsteud of constituttonal |
inst it, they might look for}

d their own jarisdietion over'|

the Coloni the Gi says, “is hardly | Ma. EJ. 2d, chief constructor of the |
decent, not to say diplomatically skillful.” | Days and her burthen is 6226 tons.
What the end of this is to be. time alone —

ean determine?~s +: Of one thing,” the Ga-
to gi er Proyinces may be
eertuin tat when iument
rain w uva no details of a tavift
or any other :dministrative measure, of
whieh they have reason to complain, will
ed to stand uncorrected for a sin-
gle session.”

Our readers will remember that. the
anut-Unionists have always maintained
thatany Province unto which has been
granted responsible goyarnment, and the

ive stone pier 900 feat constitution which it guarantees, cannot) jooks, preparing himself for daily examina

be divested of theiy rights in this respect |
until after the people are, cousplted at the |
polls, ‘This is the view taken by the pre-|
sent [Louse of Assembly in Nova Seotia.

The Opposition deny this, and in éheir
solutions say :—t' ‘The rig
al Parliament to provide, to change, or to
alter the constitution of a British Province
or Colony is undoubted, has been repeat-
edly exercised, and cannot, and cught not
to be called in question.” Lhis is cevtain-
ly plain, clear, aud free trom all ambiguity,
and will probably lead to an_ interpreta-
tion, that may hereafter be cited us au

thority. And in their resolutions their
view is thus expressed :—" The members
ot the Legislative Assembly ot this Pro-
vinee had no authority to make or consent
to any material change of such constitu.
tions without first submitting the sume to
the people at the polls.”

At Montreal there is intense excitement
over the departure of the Canadian Papal
Zouaves for Rome. An immense audicuce
was present at the special services held at
Notre Dame Cathedral in connegtion with
the event. Overy 20,000 persons assembled
ut the station to seo them off Several
persons were new
the pressure of the crowd,
ex

Jatholics,

A large meeting wash

N.L., to consider the “

The g

appen
ment hayimade no provision for drawbacks,
and in coMseguence many facjories have
been closed. We hope this will not inter-
fere with thetrado between this [sland any’

it of the Tmperi- | alw:

rly crushed to death by
ALESL
itement preyails among the Roman

St. John,
. Several re-
ports were brought in and received. It
that the New Dominion Goyvyern-

constructed, and is designed to carry I
guns—eigut 18-ton, two 12-ton, and four
b4-ton guns. ‘Phe ship is protected by
uine-inch } s, and is described as
smart, sea-going frigate, strong usa tower,
asi mail boat, and
yet prepared to meet all the winds that
blow.” The Herewes was designed by

Batt!

Correspondence,

LETLER PROM BOSTON.

Boston, Feb, 24, 1868.
Dean Journat;—

Qace inore Isend you a few scattered ideas
and scraps of news.

‘The poor student who is all day crammed
in a lecture room, and the greater part of the
night cramming his mind—poring over his

tion, is. a poor subject to sit down and write
an article for a newspaper,

Thave never known a professional gentle-
man who did not speak of hiv college days,
is being among the happiest of his life, and
ys looked back to them with pleasing

reflections. I must truly say the same; I
have enjoyed myself exceedingly well since
entering Larvard College. 1 have not been
| 80 happy or enjoyed such pleasing company
or agreeable work, since L have experienced
the double loss of a happy home, and *§ God's
best gittto man.” Lhave read of miny plans
resorted to, to drive sorrow away, and among
others the wine cup, but none have f found
| equal to my studies, and trust in Providence.
| Every nan has his peculiarity and idiosyn-
crasy,—teachers among the rest. Most of
jour schoolmasters-—-who by the way get the
name and often jusily of being lazy—grow
tthin, pale, and langaid, and if they apply
themselves closely to study, without phisical
exercise, as they too often do, wither and be-
come useless; but give mé books and study
and I fatten,

It is exceedingly pleasant to live ina city
like Boston, if you have enough sense and
cents. Lverything’s here tu invite, attract,
ainuse and instruct, Good and bad persons
and plices are here as in all large cities, alike
numerous. There are about a half dozen or
more theatres here which are crowded almost
every night by those who are foolish enough
to spend money for that which pleases the
eyeand ear fora moment, and makes the
tind long for like scenes. It is wonderful
the amount of money, and time, which is
better than money, thesis spent in such places,
which readily shows thé-vanity of @ fasbiona-
ble world. ‘The pair who spend a night and
a dollar in a theatre hall and look back, have
‘generally very little that is valuable to count

grave closed over one of Liyerpool’s most) preaching among the poor, on the whart
honored citizens, the venerable William! ships, andin the lowest: pl

a great demonstration in Dublin on the}
as a crawa- |

We live ina fashionable World and in fast |
times, and those who live alone for the world
must keep up with tie times, But these who
are better minded and better cisposed are
hindly invited and welcomed to attend better
places. it is not unusual to see ladies of
worth and piety call at our boarding houses
iuviting all to churches, prayer meetings,
sabbith schools, and religious concerts.
The city is certainly well supplied with ex-
cellent pastors of all denominations. Men
not only of ability and powerful speaking,
but of apparently genuine picty. Lately
there has been a evival of religion here, in
tiany of the most orthodox of Protestant
churches. ‘Those of various denominations
meet together in large assemblies and join in
united social prayer meetings, I have never
before seen so many tears shed in churches,
hor 80 many persons, especially yeung men
and women, inxiously enquiring the way of
Salvation, Young men ycusrally take a lead-
ing part in those cxercises, and young women
are uften found leading in prayer in these
mectings. I have heard many speak of the
horrors of the late war, but quite as many
speak of the happy revival which was felt in
this and otlir cities a few years ago. Itis
generally supposed that medical students are,
or must necessarily te, cruel and wicked,
fut here I have found Amcrican fellow stu-
dents who are pious you whose walk
and conversation is in strict accordance with
their christian profession. Doctors cf medi-
cine should be good and pious men, as well
as others us their position calls thei to stand
beiween the living and the dead.

But the most pleasing of those meetings to
me has been the Sabbath schools. Itis de-
lightful to see the lundreds of sweet pretiy
children of all ages who are found in the
vestries every Sunduyafternoon. ‘Theschools
are made attractive and interesting to the
youthful mind ina variety of ways, ly sing-

ing, reciting, competing, awording prizes, &c.
They ar ly taught by chers who under-
stand their business, which is certainly no
mean one. Phe arrangements, methods of
teaching, &c., ure much the same as that of}
the Wesleyan Sabbath School in Charlotte- |
town, which is Certainly the beet I have scon |
in P. 1. Island.

‘There are also many City Missionaries here |
whe spend and are spent in teaching and

sin the city.
We have here an excellant pastor trom Nova
Scotia, a thorough Scotehman and Presby-
i terian, who takes charge of the Nova Scotuans
of the city—of whom there are sey eral thou-
ands—who often vlub together and form
jienes ef their own, 1 have been to neet-
ings of the ‘Prue Britons and Scottish Club
here, where the J.ion is the motto, and colors
the Union Jack, and where we sing, * God
save the Queen;” no one to molest us, Pro-
vincialists are, generally speaking,a respecta-
blo class here; many of whom do uw luge
business, while others occupy positions of
trust and honor; among whom are found
numbers of highly respectable, intelligent, and
graceful young ladies, who often occupy
places high and honorable, such as superin-
tendants of wards in hospitals und other posi-
tions of importance and responsibility. ‘They
are generally Letter liked in those situations
than their American cousins, who generally |
possess less beauty and have a less robust,
physical constitution.

Series of Lectures are regularly dclivered
a various places and on various subjec
science and temperance taking the lead, 1
have listened to some great gans here, such
as J. 1b. Gough, Newal Hall, Neal Dow,
Beecher, bowler, ‘ott, Stowe, Fulton,
Chickering, and not least Miss Howard, who
lectured last Sunday evening in Tremont Hall
on temperanee. With the exception of
Gough and Hall, she took best. Tor nearly
two hours she held an audience of about
2,000 in breathless suspense without the sid
of bock or paper, She isa young lady of
superior cdavation, refineinent, and christian
deportinent, and certdinly possess the natural
gift of public speaking. Many hardened
cnmses W nielted into tears while Jistening
toh vhic descriptions, excellent advices,
and pathetic anpeals.

I must not forget to say that the readings
and appearance ef the great Charles Dickens
hus kept up quite a sensation here for some
weeks.

Winter is now set in and we have a little
snow, but no ice inthe harlor. ‘Che mem-
bers of the White Louse are now sitting, and
politics is the order of the day; but people
don’t yet so crazy here on politics as in our
little Isle,

Nunibers of mechanics and others are leay-
ing here to seck their fortunes in other purts,
while others crowd in and take their places.
This week [ have lost my three dest friends,
who are ell excellent ship-carpenters: but
being out of employment have lett for Cali-
fornia, the land of gold. May Heaven guide
their path and bless their store.

Farewell dear Editor and young friends
till Lsee you College closes in a few weeks,
when, all being well, I shall enjoy the cola
sea breeze and pleasures of the iceboat, going
home to my missed ones.

Yours with love and respect,
MACA.

jhave

Mr. Eprron—As soon as [arrived on this
Island I found some farmers travelling about
in search of provender. Lwould suggest that
both buyerand seller advertise; then both)
demand and supply would be brought into
imniediate contact, without further trouble
and expense, Yours, &.,
PRO BONO PUBLICO.

Prince County, March 2, 1808.

THE MILITIA.
We believe that the calling out of the
Militia of this Islind for the purpose of dril-
ling, as has been done during the past two
years, has been characterized by the Presi-
dent of the present Executive as  tom-
rooteny.” We believe that the President
was not far astray. Lust year, hundreds of
our population were taken from their pur-
suits and compelled to undergo drilling during
parts of eight or ten days, and this year the
++ tomfoolery” is, we understand, to be repeat-
ed, Surely the members of the Asscaibly
will do all they canto relieve the people from
this most unnecessary duty, by not voting the
public money for any such purpose as drilling
the Militia, What end is sought to be at-
tained by this drilling men for a few hours or
days during the year? No sane person sup-
poses that eny such drilling as our Militia
have been subjected to will make soldiers of
our farmers and laborers. Several members
of tie legislature are personally aware of the
very great annoyance to which the people
were subjected last year, and we trust they

worksheps, at all seasons of the year, to play
Soldier. We do not object to a moderate
grant for drilling Volunteers, but we most
earnestly protest against calling out annually
12,000 or 15,000 able bodied men—taking
them fromthe pursuits by which they carn
their daily bresd—seeing that no good pur-
poso ip ensured by such ‘fto.sfoolery.” [fa
company of soldiers is required, let it be
raised, and letthe men who may compose it
be paid by the Goyernijent, but let us have
no more soldiering on the ‘hayfoot and
strawfoot” principle.

Wo have good reason for believing that
very many of our po; ulation are now in des-
titute circumstances, and would suggest that,
instead of spending thousands of pounds upon
the Militia, the money be appropriated to the
purchase of food and seed grain for the more
destitute of the inhabitant

The Stcamers Commerce and Alhambra, of
the ** Boston and Colonial Steamship Line,”

will plainly tell the Government that they |
will not longer allow tlie inhabitants of this |
Island to be dragged from their farms or |

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Summerside Journal.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868,

No notice can be taken ot anonymous com-
munications. We must know the names and
addresses of our correspondents as a guaranty
of their good faith. We cannot undertake to
avturn communications that are not used.

OUR SOHOOL BOOKS.

Tur adaptation of suitabic means is a
primary consideration in the performance
ofan act. ‘The skillful and experienced
surgeon in performing a critical operation
pays the strictest attention to the quali-
ty of the instruments which he uses.
And the teacher, in order that the taught
may receive the full benefit of his in-
structions, must be provided with suit-
able books. Although our Educational
System is perhaps unsurpassed in general
excellence in any country which possesses
similar advantages, and whose happy
fruits already redound to the credit of its
originators; still it has some faults and
imperfections which very materially ob
struct its successful working, Qne of
these faults, which calls loudly for recti-
fication, lies in the use of the books
which are ordered to be read in the
district schools. ‘Lhe reading books,
which are now principally used are what
are denominated ‘The Series of National
School Books.” ‘They are graded so as
to comprehend five different classes.
The highest of these classes—or what is
called the Fifth Book—is chiefly taken
up with reading matter treating of Gec-

llogy, Ancient History, Physiology, Nat-

ural Philosophy, and Chemistry. These
subjects are of paramourt importance in
themselves, and it is desirable that our
youth should have a knowledge of them,
but what is desirable is not always prac-
ticable, snd we should be carctul that
they are not spending the time in vainly
striving for that which is simply desir-
able, that should be employed in obtain-

jing what is absolutely necessary, A

candidate for the office of a teacher is
not required to profess these subjects,
which is quite reasonable, since he hag
no opportunity to learn them, For
with very few exceptions, all our teach-
ers get their education in the district
schools, the teachers of which schools
ascended by the same ladder, and it
cunnot reasonably be supposed that their
education as a general thing will be any-
thing more than what the law requires.
trobably some will ask, ‘ Where is the
Nermal School, and why the five months
spent in that Institution?’’? We have
some doubts regarding the advantages of
that Institution, but admitting its utility
for the sake of argument, it does not
remedy the defect. ‘Lhe original inten-
tion of a Normal School is not to give a
scholastic education, but to train the
scholar in the art of imparting the know-
ledge he already possesses to the minds
of others in the most intelligible and ad-
yantageous manner, Tow then can it be
expected that they can be taught to aay
advantage in our district schools, ‘They
also afford a text for the discriminating
and inquisitive scholar to ask questions
arising trom them, which the teacher is
unable to answer, thereby destroying
that confidence in his intellectual supe-
riority which is s0 necessary to his suc-

We de not by any means wish to
arage the qualifications of our teach-
but we contend that it is both

crs,
unprofitable and injudicious to require
them to instruct our children in subjects
about which they are neither supposed
nor required t& have anything like a

thorough knowledge. It is somewhat
like sending a man who knows nothing
more about a rifle than to fire.a random
shot, to drill a company of raw recruits
in the manual exercise of that weapon.

‘The next lower class of this scries, or
the Fourth Book, is for the most part
devoted to lessons on Natural History
and Descriptive Geography,—both of
which subjects ave entirely in advance of
a scholar’s capacity, who may be able to
read them mechanically. The Natural
History is dry, uninteresting, and ren-
dered extremely difficult. by a very fre-
quent use of technical terms, and the

‘lessons in Descriptive Geography parti-
jcularize to such an extent, that they are

tedious and confusing to a child whe
cannot know much more than the mere
outlines of geography.
Tn fact the whole series is unsuited to
our advantages and necessities. ‘Lhe
book for the highest class presupposes
an education which the law does not
demand of our teachers; and the books
for the classes below it treat of subjects
which are generally beyond the capacity
of the scholars. The result is that the
original aim of an clementory education,
which our district schools are intended
to furnish, is not attained. Our chil-
dren leave school with a vague and un-
settled idea of a few abstruse subjects,
and know li‘tle or nothing of the simplest
matters of every day life. Instead of
which, they should have been carefully
taught in the first oe elementary princi-
ples of learning, which act as the only
foundation upen which to rear the super-
structure of tie higher branches. ‘The
mind when young should be carefully.
stored with simple facts and drilled in
reading lessons that are short and
thoroughly understood, affording an op-
portunity to exercise and develope the
faculty of reason, so that in riper years
it will haye a faculty in grappling with
weightier matters. Whereas ifit be kept
reading long and imperfectly understood
lessons, it will acquire a habit of thought-
lessness, whereby some of its noblest
faculties will either lie dormant, or
wither under the blasting influence of
inaction. .
We are aware that the Board of Edu-
cation has authorized a new series of
books,to be read in our schools, If this
were only seconded by the recommenia-
tion of the Visitor, it might produce the
desired effect in the course of a consider-
able time, but our necessities are im-
perative. very person is aware of the
reluctance with which people consent to
a voluntary change,especially if it travels
any way near that tender point—the

will be placed on the route between this port,
Boston, Charlottetown and Plaister Cove,

St. John, There has always been a lirgR egy and very often *t moral corruption.” |sonictime in March,—Jie, Chron, Feb. 21.

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pocket. ‘These exceptional books are
jnow in nearly all our sehools, and the

|only effectual way to change them for

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